Nick and Bill: appropriate names for political “leaders”.
How wonderful to see a figure of political importance using the word “nuclear” for our power mix.
Why are we even discussing Islamic treatment of women? In 21st-century Australia, this is a nonsense.
Intergenerational debt represents the pretext for the return of indentured servitude. It won’t be long now until you owe the government your living.
Paul Kelly highlights a serious shift in how federal parliament works, how legislation is framed and the country is governed.
The latest Closing the Gap report shows that, using the gap as the measure of success, there has been negligible improvement.
To seek or not to seek Pauline’s preferences? This old cynic enjoys very much the moral unease within the Coalition.
Banning the burka is the thin end of the wedge (“Leading Muslim backs Lambie on burka ban”, 14/2).
If we don’t wake up to the fact Pauline Hanson represents over a million unhappy voters, we’re in for a rude shock.
A row of power transmission towers fell over causing a blackout in SA and the Prime Minister tells us it’s caused by too much wind power.
A response to Jennifer Oriel’s thoughtful article on why conservatism has to be actively contended for could lie in an old adage.
Politicians need to be held responsible for the “power crisis” and come up with a plan to fix it now
Having a PM with mojo is very useful to our nation (“At last, Malcolm finds his missing mojo”, 11/2).
Peter van Onselen gets to the nub of the malaise (“Political discourse coarsened by the war against ‘elites’ ”, 11/2).
The price of renewable energy supplies and of battery storage systems has dropped markedly in the past few years.
I’m wondering if Cory Bernardi isn’t running a big double bluff: rounding up the right-wing Libs.
Some politicians think their “hard work” is not sufficiently acknowledged and this justifies the gold travel pass perk.
The energy situation in South Australia is an absolute disgrace (“PM slams ALP’s power horror show”, 10/2).
Had you closed your eyes on Wednesday, you could easily have mistaken Turnbull for vintage Costello and Keating.
Given the continuing energy debacle in SA, how is it possible for informed voters to elect a Labor government?
It is good to see our Prime Minister get his mojo back (“PM finally takes off the gloves”, 9/2).
It just does not jell that Ahmed Fahour, Australia Post boss, gets paid about 10 times as the Prime Minister.
My initial view of Hinch was of just another self-interested independent using celebrity status to gain a Senate seat.
Until today (Wednesday), one might have imagined our PM was a blue cattledog: stocky but agile when rounding up votes.
I see some Liberal MPs are accusing Cory Bernardi of betrayal. I guess some of them have great personal expertise.
